While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Any long term ill effects from this?

"Carey Carlan" wrote in message
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While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Brake Cleaner is essentially paint thinner, its trick (what makes it great
for cleaning brakes) is the high pressure you get from the Can. So, i
would say you did nothing more than remove the lube from the pot.. You wont
find a can of brake cleaner near my gear, but when i'm doing brakes, sure,
Great stuff.

Any long term ill effects from this?

You may find you're self replacing that stereo or the pot, in time due to a
lack of lubrication. I guess with lower quality components, probably not
that much of a loss or overall damage, Especially a cheap car audio pot. But
I certainly wouldnt spray it into my A&H.


--
Jim
[It's called an "Equalizer" not a "Compensator".]

"Carey Carlan" wrote in message
. 191...
While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Any long term ill effects from this?

a better choice would have been a silicon based tech spray which cleans,
deoxidizes and lubricates. i prefer Caig Deoxit but most other brands will
do in a pinch.

i hear that brake cleaner spray makes a great wasp killer.

I have used 80% isopropyl + 20% WD40 mix with much success.... cleans,
evaporates and lubes... try it on some 'kill or cure' pots

Guy

Carey Carlan wrote:
While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?)
and shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Any long term ill effects from this?

It's not plastic friendly.... any plastic that got overspray may fail.

Rgds:
Eric

"Carey Carlan" wrote in message
. 191...
While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Any long term ill effects from this?

In article 1 writes:

While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

You must have a pretty old car. The last three cars I've owned (over
more than 25 years) have had digital volume controls. They even have
latency so I know they're real.


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In article writes:

I have used 80% isopropyl + 20% WD40 mix with much success....

Ah, finally we get around to the WD40. How do you mix them and then
spray the mix? Or do you load the mixture into a syringe and squirt it
in to the pot?

And is that 80% of 95%, 90%, or 70% isopropyl alcohol?



--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

In article ,
Carey Carlan wrote:
While washing the car, I turned on the radio. The volume control was
scratchy so, rather than tracking water into the house to get my good
stuff, I picked up a can of brake cleaner (tetrachloroethylene sp?) and
shot it a couple of blasts. Worked fine.

Any long term ill effects from this?

Brake cleaner is mostly MEK. It will melt plastic pots completely.
It might be okay for carbon pots but I wouldn't bet on it.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

(Mike Rivers) wrote in news:znr1106048612k@trad:

You must have a pretty old car. The last three cars I've owned (over
more than 25 years) have had digital volume controls. They even have
latency so I know they're real.

Yup, an '86 and not a great radio then. Still working OK today, so I hope
nothing important got melted.

Actually, I kinda hope it does. Give me an excuse to replace it.

Syringe.. give it a good shake then squirt...

99% IPA

I would not use it for anything rare or valuable but it does work as a 'kill
or cure' way of cleaning crackly pots.

Guy

Mike Rivers wrote:
In article writes:

I have used 80% isopropyl + 20% WD40 mix with much success....

Ah, finally we get around to the WD40. How do you mix them and then
spray the mix? Or do you load the mixture into a syringe and squirt it
in to the pot?

And is that 80% of 95%, 90%, or 70% isopropyl alcohol?